Garment presser



June 5, 1956 M. PEZZA 2,748,511

GARMENT PRESSER Filed April 23, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 33 29 22 m n I z 32 30 F|G,4

M MARIANA PEZZAY INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY June 5, 1956 M. PEZZA 2 ,748,511

GARMENT PRESSER Filed April 25, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 36 as 4 FIG.6.

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MARIANA P EZZA INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY GARMENT PRESSER Mariana Pezza, Baltimore, Md.

Application April 23, 1954, Serial No. 425,109

6 Claims. (CI. 38-71) This invention relates to pressing devices of a portable nature and more particularly to improvements in devices for imparting a crease to coats, pants, slacks and other wearing apparel, for pleating garments and for kindred uses, and is especially adapted to the hand type of creasers or pressers which are provided with electrically heated units for pressing.

The conventional trousers and other garment pressers on the present day markets, are unwieldly, comprise heating elements encased in pressing surfaces that are dry and at times become overheated causing fires to be started when they are overheated and come in contact with articles of clothing and the like.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a new and improved pressing device that will cut-off the electric current feeding the pressing device at predetermined intervals and when not in use, to prevent overheating.

It is an additional object of this invention to provide a new and improved portable pressing device that will ernit steam or other vapors at predetermined intervals, to dampen the article to be pressed and give it a more professional appearance.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a new and improved portable pressing device that will have its pressing surfaces covered with a pliable material to eliminate direct contact of the pressing units with the clothing being pressed, and prevent leaving a shine thereon.

An additional object of this invention is to provide a new and improved portable creasing and pressing device of the class described having its pressing jaws off-set from the handles so the pressure on the clothing being pressed by the pressing jaws may be varied to suit the article being pressed.

It is an additional object of this invention to provide a pressing device that will be portable and easily carried, will have a removable liquid storage container that will dispense liquids such as water, cologne, disinfectants, moth proofing and other materials automatically to the article being pressed or creased at predetermined intervals.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent as the invention is more fully set forth.

For a better understanding of the invention and its objects, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which in conjunction with the following description outline a particular form of the invention by way of example, while the claims emphasize the scope thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pressing device embodying this invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an end view of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the handles;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken along line 55 of Figure 1;

nited States Patent ice Figure 6 is a sectional view taken along line 66 of Figure 2;

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken along line 7-7 of Figure 2; and

Figure 8 is a plan view of the liquid or water container per se Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the drawings 10 and 11 represent the upper and lower handles used to apply pressure to the pressing of the upper blade 12 and lower blade 13 respectively, the blades are preferably of hollow construction and formed with compartments 14, 15, 16 and 17. Compartments 14 and 16 are used to house the electric heating elements 18 and 19 respectively, and compartment 15 is used to house the liquid container 2%. The container 21) is provided with a filling spout 21 for filling the container with a liquid and closed by a cap 22, the lower face of the container 26 is provided with holes 23 that align at certain intervals with holes 24 in the lower face of the upper blade 12 when the container 26 is pushed forward by a plunger 25 when contacted by a roller 26 mounted on a bracket 27 attached to and operated by handle 11, this alignment of holes allows the escape of a certain amount of the liquid from the container onto the article'being pressed. The supply of liquid is shut off as soon as the plunger becomes disengaged from the roller 26 and the holes 23 and 24 are pushed out of ali nment by a spring 28 (see Figs. 1 and 6). The upper handle 10 is provided with a hinge plate 2% and the lower handle 11 is provided with a hinge plate 3% and are pivotally connected together by a pin 31 and tensioned by a spring 32 to normally hold the upper and lower blades 12 and 13 tightly against each other (as shown in full lines in Figure 1) when in use, the ironing pressure may be increased or decreased on the article being pressed by moving the handles 11 and 11 outwardly or inwardly as desired. The dotted outline in Figure 1 shows the position of the handles 16 and 11 and blades 12 and 13 when applying the presser to the article to be pressed. It is appreciated that the upper blade 12 and lower blade 13 can be pivotally connected together by a pin, the same is done in connecting a pair of scissor blades together or it may use any other means of pivotally connecting them together without deviating from this invention. The switch 33 is preferably automatic in operation and is in the off position as shown in dotted lines in Figure l, and is in the on position as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. For manual operation of the switch 33 the toggle 34 may be thrown from side to side to open or close the circuit in the conventional manner. The upper and lower blades 12 and 13 are covered with a pliable material 35 to prevent glazing or adding a shiny surface to the garment during the pressing.

In the operation of the pressing device the liquid container 20 is filled and the toggle switch 34 turned on allowing the heating elements 18 and 19 to be heated, when the upper and lower blades 12 and 13 have been properly heated, the toggle switch 34 is turned off and the automatic switch 33 turned on. The upper and lower handles 10 and 11 are pressed together opening the blades 12 and 13 (as shown in dotted outline in Figure l) to posi tion garment between blades. As the blades 12 and 13 are closing, the plunger 25 contacts the roller 26 and pushes the liquid container 26 forward so its holes 23 align with the holes 24 in the lower face of the upper blade 12, allowing steam to pass to the garment being pressed. As the plunger 25 passes the roller 26 the spring 28 forces the container 20 backwards causing the holes 23 and 24 to be misaligned and cuts olf the liquid supply to the garment.

While but one general form of the invention is shown in the drawings and described in the specification, it is not desired to limit this application for patent to this W particular form, as it is appreciated that other forms of construction could be made that would use the same principles and come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is:

l. A garment presser for forming creases in and smoothing surfaces of articles of clothing; said presser comprising a pair of jaws, each jaw including a blade having a compartment therein and a handle extending from an end of the blade in parallelism with the handle of the other jaw; a pivot member connecting said handles together; resilient means acting on said handles to urge the jaws to move to swing the blades toward each other; heating means comprising conducting elements arranged one in said compartment of each blade; one of said blades being adapted to overlie the other and having a second compartment arranged to underlie the first mentioned compartment in said blade and having an opening in one edge Wall of the blade; a pair of fiat panel elements confronting each other, one of said panel elements having therein a set of perforations spaced apart all over said panel according to a predetermined pattern, said one panel forming a wall portion of the second compartment of said one blade, the other panel element forming a wall portion of the compartment in the other of said blades; a container for liquids having a wall slidably contacting the perforated panel and having a set of perforations registerable with the perforations f the first mentioned set, said container having a filling neck, provided with a movable closure, and projecting through the opening in said one edge of said one blade; a spring reacting against said one edge to slide the container to bring the perforations therein out of register with the perforations of the first mentioned set; a plunger projecting through a wall of the second compartment of said one blade into engagement with said container; and means operable by movement of the handles to move the plunger and cause the perforations in the container to register with the perforations of the first set.

2. A garment presser of the type set forth in claim 1, in which means for supplying current to energize the heating means in each blade extend through thehandle connected to such blade.

3. A garment presser of the type set forth in claim 2, in which the plunger extends through an edge wall of the second compartment opposite to the first mentioned edge wall thereof, and in which the means operable to move the plunger comprises a bracket carried by one of the handles and having an end engageable with an end of said plunger.

4. A garment presser of the type set forth in claim 3, in which said resilient means comprises a coil spring having a portion surrounding said pivot member and having its opposite ends engaging parts of said handles.

5. A garment presser 0f the type set forth in claim 1, and including switch means for controlling flow of current to said heating means, said switch means including a plunger carried by one of said jaws and a contact element carried by the other jaw in position to be engaged by said plunger to close the circuit to said heating means.

6. A garment presser of the type set forth in claim 1, in which each of said confronting panels is covered by a layer of pliable material.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 961,150 Mills June 14, 1910 

